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To ask all disabled drivers to do the following?

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QuiQuaiQuod · 15/08/2017 16:17

We shouldnt have to, of course, but:

EVERY single time you go to a car park- supermarket/shopping centre etc, to complain EVERY single time to the security/help button on the ticket machine/supermarket etc .

You know what Im talking about.

Those bloodyselfish disablist C*s who park in disabled spaces. every time.

just this morning, went early to the superkarket. car park hardly used. very few cars there. a W* in a BMW pulls into the disabled bay next to mine, and JOGS into the coffee shop there . Still there when we came out of supermarket. no badge.

I go back to supermarkt (takes me ages with my mobility issues) to complain and the sucurity guy just shrugs. ''happens all the time. we issue tickets sometimes. nothing we can do. '' I said ''you have noticessaying disabled ONLY.

an elderly person heard our exchange and came up and joined in. he said he has a blue badge and hes fed up when he goes out and all the disabled bays are taken with only half of them with blue badges displayed and he cant get a space. he said he blocked someone in once and they , on coming back to their blocked car, didnt listen to him saying they were breaking the law doing that,(punched him through his open windowdamaged his car , and the police just didnt bother to take him seriously.

anyway.

pleaswe, if you have a blue badge, just complain, EVERY SINGLE TIME till hopefully they get the message.

its not about fines, half of them arent paid anyway, why cant their cars be towed away immediatley,? and pay a much huger fine.

bloody selfish and lazy.

on a slightly smaller note, the parentys/nannies/guardians who park in P&C spaces when their kids arent even in the car, their at school/nursery etc but just cos theyve got a car seat......

boils my piss almost more than enything else.

Disabled and elderly people are NOTHING to the ''powers that be''.

OP posts:
Walkingthedog46 · 15/08/2017 16:38

Surely the issue here is is the non-displaying of Blue Badges, rather than questioning whether or not someone is actually disabled. You cannot tell from looking at someone whether or not they are disabled, but parking in a disabled bay without displaying the blue badge should be clamped down on.

AwaywiththePixies27 · 15/08/2017 16:39

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Sashkin · 15/08/2017 16:39

And the criteria for BBs are so strict these days that many paralympian sprinters would not actually qualify for one.

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user1492692527 · 15/08/2017 16:40

Many years ago I broke my leg. I couldnt drive for ages (non weight-bearing for 3 months/cast/operations etc). My dad had a blue badge as he was quite elderly and used to drive me into town to shop, although I could only do supermarkets in very short bursts, one per trip.

I always felt that there was a need for a 'temporary' blue badge, say for an example like mine, or people who are going through chemo and are wiped out by the treatment.

But people who have no need to use these spaces but still use them drive me bonkers!

AwaywiththePixies27 · 15/08/2017 16:42

clearly said in her OP that Jogging Coffee Man DIDN'T have a blue badge.

Neither does my Dad or Grandma. They're still disabled. They just didnt think double knee replacements and a post heart attack survivor with cold and angina were still in need of a BB badge so they didn't get renewed.

Seeingadistance · 15/08/2017 16:42

I think that the only problem with what the OP is saying is that she's appealing for disabled drivers only to complain.

We should all complain when we see people parked in the disabled parking bays without a blue badge on display.

All of us. Every time.

I'm going to start doing this.

SaucyNoBrainer · 15/08/2017 16:43

The OP clearly said in her OP that Jogging Coffee Man DIDN'T have a blue badge

The OP clearly said in her OP that Jogging Coffee Man DIDN'T have a blue badge

The OP clearly said in her OP that Jogging Coffee Man DIDN'T have a blue badge

The OP clearly said in her OP that Jogging Coffee Man DIDN'T have a blue badge

SaucyNoBrainer · 15/08/2017 16:44

Yes I meant to repeat that several times

Alpacaandgo · 15/08/2017 16:45

People who park in disabled bays who are not disabled are Pathetic human beings. Definitely complain and shops should be doing more to stop these wankers quite frankly.

FabulouslyGlamorousFerret · 15/08/2017 16:46

Maybe jogging coffee man had crohns and needed a tommy tit!

ShellyBoobs · 15/08/2017 16:49

YABVU to point out that the man was in a BMW.

What does the make of car have to do with it?

I expect you put that hoping that some goady fuckers would pick up on it and say everyone with a BMW is a twat.

QuiQuaiQuod · 15/08/2017 16:50

seeing and saucy,

thank you. exactly.

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maxthemartian · 15/08/2017 16:51

If you don't have a blue badge you shouldn't be parking in a space reserved for blue badge holders.

OP I agree with you. I will also complain every time I see this.

Shame on anyone being goady, this is the difference between people being able to function in society or not.

otterlynutty · 15/08/2017 16:51

I'll just leave this here

To ask all disabled drivers to do the following?
squoosh · 15/08/2017 16:51

I expect you put that hoping that some goady fuckers would pick up on it and say everyone with a BMW is a twat.

That's some pretty 'goady fucker' chat yourself love.

SaucyNoBrainer · 15/08/2017 16:52

Welcome OP.

I've got a BMW. Some BMW drivers are twats

elliejjtiny · 15/08/2017 16:52

Yanbu, this really annoys me too. Although I agree with pp who said it's the lack of blue badge that's the key thing here. My D's has a blue badge and can jog, but that's because he's 9 and is still learning to pace himself. I'm hoping that one day soon he will understand that it's better to walk slowly or use a wheelchair than to jog for 20 metres and collapse on the floor.

maxthemartian · 15/08/2017 16:53

otterly indeed but beside the point when it comes to disabled parking spaces.
These require a blue badge.

This clearly needs to be repeated a great deal.

QuiQuaiQuod · 15/08/2017 16:53

make of car has nothing to do with it, of course, just making conversation, could haven been anything. and no, not all BMW drivers are twunts.

jut all drivers who dont display a badge.

i just found another thread on AIBU about P and C spaces, and there are similar responses to this htread, from support, and of course, the goady ones.

OP posts:
SaucyNoBrainer · 15/08/2017 16:53

My friend had cancer and did have a temporary blue badge ...

squoosh · 15/08/2017 16:53

If you don't have a blue badge you shouldn't be parking in a space reserved for blue badge holders.

Exactly. That's all there is to it.

No badge + jogging = I'm gonna guess....HE WASN'T DISABLED.

otterlynutty · 15/08/2017 16:55

@maxthemartian

Meant to add this was in reference to "surely very few disabled people can jog?" and not the OP.

TheSolitaryBoojum · 15/08/2017 16:55

All those temporarily disabled people staggering to the supermarket...try online shopping or ask a friend/relative. Because it's only for a short while that you are finding things tricky, not the rest if your life and forever.
Yes people should complain, but likewise, what's the point of security if they are just going to watch someone break the rules?

AwaywiththePixies27 · 15/08/2017 16:55

No badge + jogging = I'm gonna guess....HE WASN'T DISABLED.

Why? I'm disabled. I don't have a BB.